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FUNdraising Good Times: Special Events – All you need to know – An interview with Toni Brown – Part Two

April 22, 2022 admin 0

Knowing that special events can be the life-blood for a nonprofit, we asked a few questions of Toni Brown, principal and CEO of The Brown Wynn Agency, a firm with a long history of producing […]

Customer Appreciation Week Highlights Northside Pride

April 21, 2022 admin 0

Customer Appreciation Week Promotes Northisde Barbershop Pride The Main Cut Barbershop was full with patrons, family and friends this past weekend inside their shop near River City Marketplace. The barbershop held a small business and customer appreciation […]

City Feeds the People Music for the Soul at Concert Series

April 21, 2022 admin 0

A capacity crowd lined Jacksonville’s riverfront downtown to enjoy a free concert featuring Grammy Award-winning R&B group Boyz II Men. The performance was apart of a free concert series on Downtown Jacksonville’s scenic riverfront features […]

Local Author Presents Stage Play ‘Airing Out Grandma Secrets’

April 21, 2022 admin 0

Award winning author Natasha Owens has turned her novel ‘Airing Grandma’s Laundry and other Hush Hush Family Secrets’ into a stage play. “We are so exited for this play to reach Duval, the stage play goal […]

State Redistricting and Urban Liquor Store Saturation Topic of City Hall Protest

April 21, 2022 admin 0

By Lynn Jones – Lawmakers stood side by side with activists in front of Jacksonville’s City Hall this week to oppose the current congressional redistricting map proposed by the Governor and other community ills. The map […]

Serena Williams’ Message to Medical Professionals: Listen to Black Women

April 19, 2022 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, another 50,000 women each year have unexpected labor and delivery outcomes with serious short- or long-term health […]

DeSantis Says He Wants Race-Neutral Florida Redistricting, But His Proposal Still Uses Race

April 19, 2022 admin 0

by Andrew Pantazihttps: (Source: jaxtrib.org) – Florida redistricting overview: • The Florida redistricting special session begins today. • Gov. Ron DeSantis looks likely to get his way with a map that would create 20 Trump-won […]

Supreme Court Justice Jackson Proclaims: ‘We’ve Made It All Of Us’

April 18, 2022 admin 0

(Source; www.thewestsidegazette.com) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia – “In the poetic words of Dr. Maya Angelou, ‘I do so now while bringing the gifts my ancestors gave. I am the dream and […]

LeVar Burton to Appear in ‘Blindspotting’ Season 2

April 18, 2022 admin 0

(Source: www.thegrio.com) – Burton’s involvement comes fresh off the announcement of his return to the ‘Star Trek’ franchise – Blindspotting is returning to Starz, bringing some new faces along for the second season. Star Trek: The […]

DeSantis Map Fight Must Be Decided in the Courts

April 18, 2022 admin 0

The Miami Times – Apr 12, 2022 Updated Apr 14, 2022 – A three-judge panel on Monday correctly declined the state’s request to put a hold on a federal lawsuit that seeks to have the court draw new […]